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By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter -Lethbridge Herald   Agriculture is Alberta’s second largest industry and is entirely reliant on irrigation to thrive. As water supplies becomes less predictable a research scientist at Lethbridge Polytechnic has been developing software tools to help irrigators make informed decisions and make sure every drop counts while growing [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Building Industry & Land Development (BILD) Lethbridge Region will be celebrating the best of the best in the industry and honouring a long-time member by inducting him into the BILD Lethbridge Region Hall of Fame posthumously.  Founder of Overhead Door in Lethbridge in 1975 Don Donison will be inducted [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald If navigating your living room requires a careful slalom between stacks of books on tables, end tables and nightstands, you may be walking the fine line between “collector and hoarder” — a line many readers are more than willing to blur at the Nord-Bridge Senior Centre’s annual [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald A volunteer run non-profit organization based in Lethbridge is looking to help pet owners with questions regarding their beloved animals, while also looking for volunteers, and foster homes for pets needing a new forever home. Pet & Animal Advocacy Care Team (PAACT) has been operating in Lethbridge since 2024 as [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald It’s every coach’s dream to have a player that can fit anywhere in the lineup. That’s a skill that 17-year-old forward Kai Anderson has brought to the Lethbridge Hurricanes in his first full WHL season. Anderson was originally a sixth round pick of the Vancouver Giants in the 2023 WHL Prospects [...] Read More »

ST. ALBERT — RCMP say they have arrested a suspect after the remains of a woman were found in an apartment near Edmonton and that her baby is also believed to be dead. Mounties say they received a report Friday about a suspicious item in the apartment in St. Albert. Officers located the remains of [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Organizers of a vigil in Montreal to mark the ninth anniversary of a mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque that left six people dead and 19 wounded say they are speaking out about racism at a time when Islamophobia is high in Quebec. “We’re still at risk for it to happen again,” [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — B.C. Premier David Eby says a wave of extortion crime in the province is a “terror attack in slow motion.” Eby, who was speaking in Ottawa after a premiers meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney, says parliament needs to pass Bill C-14 on bail and sentencing reform as soon as possible to tackle [...] Read More »

SAINT-GEORGES — The leader of the Parti Québécois and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are trading barbs after the latter said it would be a disaster for Canada if the sovereigntist party was elected. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is criticizing Ford, who for the past two days has been urging Quebecers to reject the PQ for the [...] Read More »

ST. ALBERT — Alberta RCMP say they have arrested a suspect after the remains of a 23-year-old woman were found in an apartment in St. Albert and that her missing nine-month old daughter is also believed to be dead. More coming. The Canadian Press[...] Read More »